[X4U] Re: DVD media choice

[Dennis R. Cohen]

On 11/3/04 at 9:36 AM, Mark Phillips <mark at mophilly.com> transmitted the
following electronic message:

>
>I need burn about 30 DVD's for a project. I would like to minimize the 
>failure rate. A friend of mine said to purchase the media from the 
>Apple Store to get the best quality. On the store in the US one can buy 
>5 and 10 disk packs. Seems like more packaging than I really need to 
>buy 40 DVD blanks.
>
>Can anyone recommend a brand or spec for high quality DVD media?
>
>Also, I have an Epson 900N that is about three years old. Can this 
>machine print on CD? I notice the new model support this.
>
>TIA,
>

The Apple brand is very reliable. Of the packages I've purchased (about
eight 5-packs and two 10-packs), I've never had a failure. That said,
they are very expensive compared to most other brands that you can
purchase in bulk, many of which have also been completely reliable in my
experience. For example, I've never had a failure with Taiyo Yuden, and
I've used over 100 of them. Similarly, Ritek and Fuji have been very
solid and TDK is close (m-u-c-h larger sample set, though, at over 300
burned and only two failures).

The Epson 900N doesn't print on CDs. That process requires specific
media (marked as "printable") and printers with specific feed mechanisms
customized for the task.

-- 
Dennis R. Cohen